Frank Barlow Osborn

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106-110 Edmund Street, Birmingham of 1895 for W.M. Smythe Solicitors' offices 106-110, Edmund Street, Birmingham.jpg
106-110 Edmund Street, Birmingham of 1895 for W.M. Smythe Solicitors' offices

Frank Barlow Osborn FRIBA (June 1840 - 6 April 1907) was an English architect based in Birmingham. [1]

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Life

He was articled to Charles Edge and then transferred to Samuel Sanders Teulon. He started his own practice in 1864 and was in partnership with Alfred Reading from 1876. This partnership was dissolved in 1891. [2] At this date, he was based at 13 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham.

One of his pupils was Thomas Walter Francis Newton who went into practice with Alfred Edward Cheatle and built many arts and crafts style buildings in Birmingham.

He was appointed Fellow of the Royal British Institute of Architects in 1872, and was President of the Birmingham Institute of Architects.

Works

References

  1. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. RIBA. 2001.
  2. "Notice is Hereby Given". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham. 5 February 1891. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. "Leamington" . Building News. England. 20 May 1882. Retrieved 27 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Birmingham" . Building News. England. 7 September 1883. Retrieved 27 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Birmingham Architectural Association" . Building News. England. 15 October 1886. Retrieved 27 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Birmingham Architectural Association" . Building News. England. 4 February 1887. Retrieved 27 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Fund" . Harborne Herald. England. 29 January 1887. Retrieved 27 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Reopening of Norton Canes Church" . Lichfield Mercury. England. 26 October 1888. Retrieved 27 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Church restoration at Kirkby Mallory" . Birmingham Daily Post. England. 16 October 1888. Retrieved 27 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Coventry". Coventry Herald. Coventry. 12 October 1894. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  11. "Extension of the Vegetable Market". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham. 27 July 1900. Retrieved 7 March 2015.